Improved



waited gelistet ROBERT J. DODD, 0F ORTH, INDIANA.

Letters Patent No. 101,838, dated April 12, 1870.

IMPROVED APPLE-COREE AND SLICER.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may conce-rn Be it known that I, ROBERT J. Donn, of Orth, in the county of Montgomery and in the State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Apple-0orers; and do .hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making a part of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangement of an apple-coring machine, as will be hereinafter fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, referring to the anuexed'drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation, and

Figure 2, a front view of my machine.

A represents the main bench, made of any suitable dimensions, supported on the legs B B.

Under the main bench A, at about half the dist-ance from it and the lowerend of the legs, is placed a second bench, C, which answers three particular purposes: as a stay for the legs B B; as av fastening for the two levers which operate the coriug-box; and as a bench, to hold a vessel in which to catch the cored fruit.

D represents the box which contains the corer E.

- This box can be made of any size desired, but I have placed on the bench B, parallel with the sliding bars G, so thatthe top may extend over the bars; but I find that the buttons H H, as shown in lig. 2, will auswer every purpose.

To the sides of the box D are attached two arms I I, which are connected at their rear ends by a rod, e.

To this rod and to the ends of the sliding bars G G is attached a cloth or. apron, J, which serves to carry of the cores as they fall out of the central tube a.

On the outer ends of the rod care pivoted or placed the levers K K, which are pivoted one on each side of the bench C, and in their lower ends, under said bench, is pivoted a roller, L.

This roller or rocking-shaft is connectedwith the trcadle-shaft M by mcans of a bar, N, which is adj usted in a hole on the shaft L by the set-screw h, and its other end pivoted in a forked arm, O, on the treadle-shaft.

I? is the treadle, upon which the operator places his feet to give the required motion to the machine.

S is the staff, that is used only for coring.

T is the patent turn-table apple-corer which was patented June 17`and December 16, 1856. These staffs are placed on the bench B, so that the forks ypoint to the center of the corer in such a position that, when the box D is thrown forward, it cuts the apple two-thirds, or suflici'ent to carry the apple back in its backward movement. Thus it cleans the fork ready for another. Then place another apple, lpealI it, and throw the coring-box D forward by the pressure of the left foot on the left end of the treadle P, the first apple is forced through, and the second apple takes its place, and so on.

v The wheel-'i upon the staff T, represents the revolving wheel of the turn-table apple-peeler.

To use the machine, the operator is seated with the box D to his left. llace the left foot upon the left end of treadle I), and the right foot upon the right end of the same. In inclining the body to the right for an apple, it is -natural to push with the left foot, which throws the box to the apple that is on the fork. Then, incliningthc body back, it naturally pushes 011 theright foot, which throws the box back and leaves the fork ready for another apple. Place the apple on the fork and proceed the same as before, and thus, the coring is performed without loss of time.

Having thus fully described Iuy invention,

What I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The horizont-al reciprocating box D, provided with the corer E and tube c, and arranged upon the table A, withau aperture through which drops the quartered apple, while the core is passed through the .tube upon the apron J, as set forth.

2. In combination with the reciprocating box D, with corer E, and tube a, the employment of one or more movable shafts, S T, having horizontal forks for holding the apple while the corer operates upon the same, as set forth.

3. The combination and arrangement of the benches A G, legs B B, box D, corer E, bars G Gr, arms I I, apron J, levers K K, shaft L, c'onnecting'- bar N, treadle 1, and staffs S T, all constructed and operating substantially as and forthe purposes herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing, I have hereunto set my hand this 24th day of December, 1869.

R. J. DODI). Witnesses:

A. C. WILmAMs, E. J. WILLIAMS.; 

